Newsletters and Publications

• G.T. Caneba, “Nanoporous Structure and Enhanced Thermal Properties of a Carbon Nanotube/Polyimide Composite”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 8, 15-24 (2009).
• Tasdemir, M., Topsakaloglu, M., and Caneba, G.T.., “Properties of Dynamically Cured EPDM/PP Blends: Effect of Curing Agent”, submitted to Journal of Applied Polymer Science, December, 2007.
• Tasdemir, M., Biltekin, H., and Caneba, G.T., “Investigation of Properties of PE & PP /Wood Flour Polymer Composites”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,112, 3095-3102 (2009).
• G.T. Caneba, Z. Xu, and Y.L. Dar, “Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Copolymerization of Vinyl Acetate and Acrylic Acid”, Journal of applied Polymer Science, 113, 3872-3882 (2009).
• G.T. Caneba, M. Renier, and B. Ott, “Towards the Development of CO2 Separation Membranes”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 7(2), 175 (2008).
• Y. Zhao, Y. Dar, and G.T. Caneba, “Mathematical Modeling of Styrene-Acrylic Acid Copolymerization through the Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization (FRRPP) Process”, invited submission in honor of Prof. Bruce Nauman to Industrial and Engineering Research Chemistry, 47, 3568 (2008).
• Tirumala, V.R., Caneba, G.T., Mancini, D.C., and Wang, H.H., “Microfabrication by XRay Induced Polymerization above the Lower Critical Solution Temperature”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 102(1), 429 (2006).
• G.T. Caneba and Y.L. Dar, “Emulsion Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization”, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3642198717, July 8, 2011.
• Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization (FRRPP): Novel Concept, Processes, Materials, and Energy Aspects”, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-642-03024-6, March, 2010.

• Eisele, T. C., and Kawatra, S. K., Production of Iron using Environmentally-Benign Renewable or Recycled Reducing Agents, U. S. Patent No. 7,632,330, December 15, 2009.
• Eisele, T. C., and Kawatra, S. K., “Reverse column flotation of iron ore”, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 2007, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 61-
• Eisele, T. C. and Kawatra, S. K., “Causes and Significance of Inflections in Hydrocyclone Efficiency Curves,” Chapter 9, Advances in Comminution, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, CO, 2006, pp. 131-147.
• Eisele, T. C. and Kawatra, S. K., “Design of Iron Comminution Circuits to Minimize Overgrinding, Chapter 22, Advances in Comminution, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, CO, 2006, pp. 309-320.
• Eisele, T. C., “Direct Biohydrometallurgical Extraction of Iron from Ore”, U. S. DOE, FG26-03NT41938, DOI 10.2172/877695, 2005

• Areo, O. , Joshi, P.U., Obrenovich, M, Tayahi, M., and Heldt. C.L. (2021) Single-Particle Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Isoelectric Point and Comparison to Variants of Interest. Microorganisms. 9(8), 1606. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081606.
• Joshi, P.U., Turpeinen, D.G., Schroeder, M., Jones, B., Lyons, A., Kriz, S.A., Khaksari, M., O’Hagan, D., Nikam, S., and Heldt, C.L. (2021) Osmolyte Enhanced Aqueous Two-Phase System for Virus Purification. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118 (8): 3251-3262. doi: 10.1002/bit.27849
• Turpeinen, D.G. , Joshi,P.U. Kriz, S.A., Kaur, S., Nold, N.M., O’Hagen, D., Nikam, S., Massoud, H., and Heldt, C.L. (2021) Continuous Downstream Purification of Viral Products Using an Aqueous Two-Phase System. Separation and Purification Technology. 269: 118753. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118753
• Meingast, C.L. , Joshi, P.U. , Turpeinen, D.G. , Xu, X., Hostein, M., Feroz, H., Ranjan, S., Ghose, S., Li, Z.J., and Heldt, C.L. (2021) Physiochemical Properties of Enveloped Viruses and Arginine Dictate Inactivation. Biotechnology Journal. Accepted. doi: 10.1002/biot.202000342
• Mi, X., Blocher McTigue, W.C., Joshi,P.U., Bunker, M.K., Heldt, C.L. and Perry, S.L. (2020) Stabilization of Viruses: A Stepping Stone toward Thermostable Vaccines. Biomaterials Science. 8, 7082. (invited paper) doi: 10.1039/d0bm01433h. Highlighted as one of Biomaterials Science Most Popular 2020 articles.

• H. Su, Y. H. Hu*, "Thermo-Photo Catalytic Anode Process for Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2314996121 (2024).
• S. Fang, M. Rahaman, J. Bharti, E. Reisner, M. Robert, G. A. Ozin, Y. H. Hu*, "Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction", Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3, 61 (2023).
• L. Chang, S. Chen, Y. Fei, D. J. Stacchiola, Y. H. Hu*, "Superstructured NiMoO4@CoMoO4 Core-Shell Nanofibers for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2219950120 (2023).
• S. Fang, X. Lyu, T. Tong, A. I. Lim, T. Li, J. Bao, Y. H. Hu*, "Turning Dead Leaves into an Active Multifunctional Material as Evaporator, Photocatalyst, and Bioplastic", Nature Communications, 14, 1203 (2023).
• H. Su, W. Zhang, Y. H. Hu*, "Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells with Hydrocarbon Fuels", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2208750119 (2022).
• Y. H. Hu*, "Fund Industrial Fellowships for Faculty to Benefit Graduates", Nature, 601, 508 (2022).
• S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Open the Door to the Atomic World by Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy", Matter, 4, 1189 (2021).
• Y. H. Hu*, E. Ruckenstein*, “Comment on Dry Reforming of Methane by Stable Ni–Mo Nanocatalysts on Single-crystalline MgO", Science, 368, eabb5459 (2020).
• Z. Sun, Y. H. Hu*, "How Magical Is Magic-Angle Graphene?", Matter, 2, 1106 (2020).
• S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Creating and Seeing the First Pure Carbon Ring", Matter, 1, 1116 (2019).
• L. Chang, Y. H. Hu*, "Breakthroughs in Designing Commercial-Level Mass-Loading Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors", Matter, 1, 596 (2019).

• Moncada-Hernandez, H, E. Nagler, and A.R. Minerick, “Assessment of the particle-particle influence on the dielectrophoretic response of microparticles,” Electrophoresis, 2014: 35 (12-13), pgs 1803–1813. DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300636Read More
• H.Y. Lee, C. Barber, and A.R. Minerick, “Improving electrokinetic microdevice stability by controlling electrolysis bubbles,” Electrophoresis, 2014: 35 (12-13), pgs 1782–1789. DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400013 Read More
• An, R. D.O. Wipf, and A.R. Minerick, “Human red blood cell deformation and crenation under high frequency spatial AC field,” Biomicrofluidics, 2014, 8(2): 021803 DOI: 10.1063/1.4867557 Read More
• Adams, T.N., K.M. Leonard, and A.R. Minerick, "Frequency Sweep Rate Dependence on the Dielectrophoretic Response of Polystyrene Beads and Red Blood Cells," Biomicrofluidics, 2013, 7(6): 064114. DOI: 10.1063/1.4833095 Read More
• Gencoglu, A and A.R. Minerick, “Electrochemical Detection Techniques in Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, March 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1385-z. Read More
• Heldt, C.L., A.K. Sieloff, J.P. Merillat, A.R. Minerick, J.A. King, W.F. Perger, H. Fukushima, J. Narendra, “Stacked graphene nanoplatelet paper sensor for protein detection,” Sensors and Actuators B, 2013, 181:92-98 DOI 10.1016/j.snb.2013.01.041. Read More
• Leonard, K.M, and A.R. Minerick, "Explorations of ABO-Rh antigen expressions on erythrocyte dielectrophoresis: Changes in Cross Over Frequency,” Special Dielectrophoresis Issue of Electrophoresis, 2011, 32(15): 2512-2522. DOI 10.1002/elps.201100077. Read More
• Srivastava, S. K., A. Artemos and A. R. Minerick, “DC insulator-based dielectrophoretic characterization of erythrocytes: ABO-Rh human blood typing”, Special Dielectrophoresis Issue of Electrophoresis, 2011, 32(15): 2530–2540. Read More
• Srivastava, S. K. A. Gencoglu, and Minerick, A. R.; “DC insulator dielectrophoretic applications in microdevice technology: a review.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Volume 399, Issue 1, Page 301, 2011. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4222-6 Read More
• Srivastava, S. K., A.R. Minerick, J. Baylon-Cardiel, and B.H. Lapizco-Encinas. “DC-insulator Dielectrophoretic Separation of Fluorescent Polystyrene Particles”, Journal Chromatography A, 1218, p. 1780-1789, 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.01.082 Read More
• Gencoglu, A, F. Camacho-Alanis, V. T. Nguyen, A. Nakano, A. Ros, and A. R. Minerick, “Quantification of pH Gradients and Implications in Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis of Biomolecules”, Special Dielectrophoresis Issue of Electrophoresis, 2011, 32(15): 2436–2447. Read More
• Minerick, A.R., "The Rapidly Growing Field of Micro and Nanotechnology to Measure Living Cells," Invited Perspective with Cover Figure, AIChE Journal, Volume 54, Issue 9, Pages 2230-2237, 2008
• Gencoglu, A and A.R. Minerick, "Chemical and Morphological Changes on Platinum Microelectrode Surfaces in AC and DC fields with Biological Buffer Solutions," Lab on a Chip, Volume 9, Issue 13, 2009. DOI: 10.1039/B820126
• Srivastava S.K., P.R. Daggolu, S.C. Burgess, and A.R. Minerick, "Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Erythrocytes: Positive ABO Blood Types," Electrophoresis, Volume 29, Issue 24, Pages 5033-5046, 2008.

• Funkenbush, L. and M. E. Mullins. “Experimental Kinetics and Modeling of the Catalytic Hydrotreatment of Pyrolysis Oils and Model Compounds.” (in preparation)
• LiLu Funkenbush, Michael Mullins, David Shonnard, Janet C. Metsa. “A Catalytic Hydrotreatment Model for Plant Oils and Bio-Oils to Green Diesel” (in preparation).
• Chaiyaporn Wattanaprayoon and Michael Mullins; “Graphite Exfoliation by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction”, Nano Letters, American Chemical Society, (submitted February, 2016)
• Rachel Martin, Michael Mullins, Zhuo Feng, Zichen Qian, “Electrospinning 3D Scaffolds for use in Neural Tissue Engineering”, Symposium proceedings - Soft Electronics-From Electronic Skin to Reliable Neural Interfaces, Materials Research Society, April (2015).
• Arash Hosseinzadeh, Christopher Middlebrook, Michael Mullins, “Optical waveguides using PDMS-metal oxide hybrid nanocomposites” Proc. SPIE, E10.1117/12.2080582 March (2015)
• Qiaoyu Lu, Michael E. Mullins. “In situ Synthesis of High refractive Index PDMS/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites.” Solution Processing of Inorganic and Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Photonics, Cambridge University Press, (2012).
• Cho Hui Lim, Michael E. Mullins. “Synthesis of Core-Shell Biopolymer Particles Using Coaxial Electrospray”, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, (2011).
• Cho Hui Lim, Michael E. Mullins. “Pulsed-DC Electrospray for Biopolymer Particle Production.” Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, (2010).
• Han Bing Wang, Michael E. Mullins, Jared M. Cregg, Connor McCarthy, and Ryan J. Gilbert. “Varying the Diameter of Aligned Electrospun Fibers Alters Neurite Outgrowth and Schwann cell Migration”, Acta Biomaterials, 6(8), August, (2010).
• Han Bing Wang, Michael E. Mullins, Jared M Cregg, Andres Hurtado, Martin Oudega, Matthew T. Trombley and Ryan J. Gilbert. “Creation of highly aligned electrospun poly-L-lactic acid fibers for nerve regeneration applications”, J. Neural Eng. 6(1), February (2009).

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Williams DL, Ong RG, Mullet JE, Hodge DB. Integration of pretreatment with simultaneous counter-current extraction of energy sorghum for high-titer mixed sugar production. Front. Energ. Res. In Press.
2. Zhang Y, Oates LG, … and Ong RG. Diverse lignocellulosic feedstocks can achieve high field-scale ethanol yields while providing flexibility for the biorefinery and landscape-level environmental benefits. Glob. Change Biol. Bioenergy (2018). doi:10.1111/gcbb.12533.
3. Ong RG, Shinde S, da Costa Sousa L, et al. Pre-senescence harvest of switchgrass inhibits xylose utilization by engineered yeast. Front. Energ. Res. 2018. 6(52).
4. Kumar R, Bhagia S, Smith MD, Petridis L, Ong RG, et al. Cellulose-hemicellulose interactions at elevated temperatures increase cellulose recalcitrance to biological conversion. Green Chem. 2018. 20(4):921-934.
5. Williams DL, Crowe JD, Ong RG, et al. Water sorption in pretreated grasses as a predictor of enzymatic hydrolysis yields. Bioresource Technol. 2017; 245:242-249.
6. Crowe JD, Feringa N, Pattathil S, Merritt B, Foster C, Dines D, Ong RG, Hodge DB. Identification of developmental stage and anatomical fraction contributions to cell wall recalcitrance in switchgrass. Biotechnol. Biofuels 2017; 10:184
7. Valli L, Rossi L, Fabbri C, Sibilla F, Gattoni P, Dale BE, Ong RG, Bozzetto S, et al. Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity and biomethane produced using the Biogasdoneright™ system: four case studies from Italy. BioFPR 2017; http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1002/bbb.1789.
8. Ong RG, et al. Inhibition of microbial biofuel production in drought-stressed switchgrass hydrolysate. Biotechnol. Biofuels 2016; 9:237.
9. Park S-H, Ong RG, & Sticklen M. Strategies for the production of cell wall-deconstructing enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass and their utilization for biofuel production. Plant Biotechnol. J. 2016; 14:1329 1344.
10. Serate J, Xie D, …Ong RG, and Zhang YP. Controlling microbial contamination during hydrolysis of AFEX-pretreated corn stover and switchgrass: effects on hydrolysate composition, microbial response and fermentation. Biotechnol. Biofuels 2015; 8(1):1-17.
11. Karlen DL, Beeler LW, Ong RG, Dale BE. Balancing energy, conservation, and soil health requirements for plant biomass. J. Soil Water Conserv. 2015; (70); 5:279-287.
12. Park, S-H, Mei C, Ong RG, Sticklen M. Lignin Down-regulation of Zea mays via dsRNAi and Klason Lignin Analysis. J. Vis. Exp. 2014; (89):e51340, doi:10.3791/51340.
13. Dale BE, Ong RG. Design, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable bioenergy production systems. BioFPR. 2014; 8:487-503
14. Dale BE, Anderson JE, …Ong RG, et al. Take a closer look: Biofuels can support environmental, economic and social goals. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 2014; 48:7200-7203.
15. Shao Q, Cheng C, Ong RG, Zhu L, Zhao C. Hydrogen peroxide presoaking of bamboo prior to AFEX pretreatment and impact on enzymatic conversion to fermentable sugars. Bioresour. Technol. 2013; 142:26-31.
16. Dale BE, Ong RG. Energy, wealth, and human development: Why and how biomass pretreatment research must improve. Biotechnol. Progr. 2012; 28:893-898.
17. Park S-H, Mei C, Pauly M, Ong RG, Dale BE, Sabzikar R, Fotoh H, et al. Down-regulation of maize cinnamoyl-CoA reductase via RNAi technology causes brown midrib and improves AFEX-pretreated conversion into fermentable sugars for biofuels. Crop Sci. 2012; 52:2687-2701
18. Kim S, Dale BE, Ong RG. An alternative approach to indirect land use change: Allocating greenhouse gas effects among different uses of land. Biomass Bioenerg. 2012; 46:447-452.
19. Garlock RJ, Bals B, Jasrotia P, Balan V, Dale BE. Influence of variable species composition on the saccharification of AFEX™ pretreated biomass from unmanaged fields in comparison to corn stover. Biomass Bioenerg. 2012; 37:49-59.
20. Garlock RJ, Balan V, Dale BE. Optimization of AFEX™ pretreatment conditions and enzyme mixtures to maximize sugar release from upland and lowland switchgrass. Bioresour. Technol. 2012; 104:757-768.
21. Garlock RJ, Wong YS, Balan V, Dale BE. AFEX pretreatment and enzymatic conversion of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) to soluble sugars. Bioenergy Res. 2012; 5:306-318.
22. Garlock RJ, Balan V, Dale BE, Ramesh Pallapolu V, Lee YY, Kim Y, Mosier NS, et al. Comparative material balances around pretreatment technologies for the conversion of switchgrass to soluble sugars. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11063-11071.
23. Falls M, Shi J, Ebrik MA, Redmond T, Yang B, Wyman CE, Garlock R, et al. Investigation of enzyme formulation on pretreated switchgrass. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11072-11079.
24. Shi J, Ebrik MA, Yang B, Garlock RJ, Balan V, Dale BE, Ramesh Pallapolu V, et al. Application of cellulase and hemicellulose to pure xylan, pure cellulose, and switchgrass solids from leading pretreatments. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11080-11088.
25. Kim Y, Mosier NS, Ladisch MR, Ramesh Pallapolu V, Lee YY, Garlock R, Balan V, et al. Comparative study on enzymatic digestibility of switchgrass varieties and harvests processed by leading pretreatment technologies. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11089-11096.
26. Donohoe BS, Vinzant TB, Elander RT, Pallapolu VR, Lee YY, Garlock RJ, Balan V, et al. Surface and ultrastructural characterization of raw and pretreated switchgrass. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11097-11104.
27. Tao L, Aden A, Elander RT, Pallapolu VR, Lee YY, Garlock RJ, Balan V, et al. Process and technoeconomic analysis of leading pretreatment technologies for lignocellulosic ethanol production using switchgrass. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11105-11114.
28. Pallapolu VR, Lee YY, Garlock RJ, Balan V, Dale BE, Kim Y, Mosier NS, et al. Effects of enzyme loading and βglucosidase supplementation on enzymatic hydrolysis of switchgrass processed by leading pretreatment technologies. Bioresour. Technol. 2011; 102:11115-11120
29. Garlock RJ, Chundawat SPS, Balan V, Dale BE. Optimizing harvest of corn stover fractions based on overall sugar yields following ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Biotechnol. Biofuels 2009; 2:29.

Book Chapters

1. Ong RG, Chundawat SPS, Hodge DB, Keskar S, Dale BE. Linking Plant Biology and Pretreatment – Understanding the Structure and Organization of the Plant Cell Wall and Interactions with Cellulosic Biofuel Production. In: McCann MC, Buckeridge MS, Carpita NC, eds. Plants and BioEnergy: Springer New York; 2014, p. 231-253.
2. Chundawat SPS, Bals B, Campbell T, Sousa L, Gao D, Jin M, Eranki P, Garlock R, et al. Primer on Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment. In: Wyman CE, ed. Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 2013, p. 169-200.
3. Balan V, Bals B, da Costa Sousa L, Garlock R, and Dale BE, A Short Review on Ammonia-based Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment, in Chemical and Biochemical Catalysis for Next Generation Biofuels. 2011, The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 89-114.

• Pan, L., and Yoon, R.-H., “Measurement of Hydrophobic Forces in Thin Liquid Films of Water between Bubbles and Xanthate-treated Gold Surfaces”, Miner. Eng., 2016, 98, 240-250.
• Yoon, R.-H., Soni, G., Huang, K., Park, S., and Pan, L., “Development of a turbulent flotation model from first principles and its validation”, Int. J. Miner. Process., 2016, 156, 43-51.
• Pan, L. and Yoon, R.-H., “Direct measurement of hydrodynamic and surface forces in bubble-particle interactions”, in Proceedings of XXVII International Mineral Processing Congress, Chile, 2014, pp. 242-251.
• Pan, L., Jung, S. and Yoon, R.-H., “A fundamental study on the role of collector in the kinetics of bubble-particle interaction,” Int. J. Miner. Process, 2012, 106-109, 37-41.
• Pan, L., Jung, S. and Yoon, R.-H., “Kinetics of thinning of the wetting films formed on the gold surfaces treated with potassium amyl xanthate,” in Separation Technologies, for minerals, coal, and earth resources, edited by C.A. Young, G.H. Luttrell, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, 2012, pp.57-64.
• Pan, L., Jung, S. and Yoon, R.-H., “Effect of hydrophobicity on the stability of the wetting films of water formed on gold surfaces,” J. of Colloid and Interface Sci., 2011, 361, 321-330.
• Pan, L. and Yoon, R.-H., “Hydrophobic forces in wetting films of water formed on xanthate‐coated gold surfaces,” Faraday Discuss., 2010, 146, 325-340.

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